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Winds of change blow foul for Maverick, the flying car, in Vernon, B.C.

The Canadian PressMay 10, 2013 22:04
VERNON, B.C. - There are fender benders, sideswipes and rear-end accidents, but RCMP in Vernon, B.C., are investigating their first-ever case of a car falling from the sky. RCMP spokesman Gord Molendyk said Friday a road-worthy flying roadster, the creation of a Florida company, crashed near an elementary school just before 9 a.m. shortly after taking off from the Vernon airport.

Woods wins Players Championship by two

May 10, 2013 18:01
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Tiger Woods won the Players Championship by two strokes over Swedish rookie David Lingmerth and Americans Jeff Maggert and Kevin Streelman at the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass on Sunday. World number one Woods shot a final-round of two-under-par 70 for a 13-under-par total of 275 for his second Players title following his 2001 triumph. (Reporting by Larry Fine; Editing by Gene Cherry)

Spain celebrates Florida's 500th anniversary amid myth and reality

Agencia EFEApril 18, 2013 20:46
Madrid, Apr 18 (EFE).- In 1513, Juan Ponce de Leon became the first European to set foot in Florida after making a voyage there for reasons that are still not clear, and Spain is commemorating the 500th anniversary of his landing with a stimulating cultural program that discusses - among other things - the mythical Fountain of Youth he was supposedly seeking, according to some accounts.

Passenger with grenade-shaped lighter disrupts Miami airport

April 18, 2013 12:00
MIAMI (Reuters) - Part of a busy concourse was evacuated at Miami International Airport on Thursday when a passenger tried to pass through a security checkpoint with a cigarette lighter shaped like a grenade, police and airport officials said. Security screeners saw the item shortly after 5 a.m. (10:00 a.m. British time) and called the Miami-Dade Police bomb squad, which determined that the business-card-sized lighter was not an explosive, Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said.

US senator slams Cuba trip by Beyonce, Jay-Z

April 14, 2013 13:46
US Senator Marco Rubio on Sunday railed against the recent trip to Cuba by pop diva Beyonce and hip-hop star Jay-Z, calling for stricter rules against travel to the communist-run island. "I won't rap it, but I'll say, first of all, I think Jay-Z needs to get informed," Rubio told ABC News's "This Week," saying he wished the performer had met with "people who are being oppressed." "The travel policies need to be tightened because they are being abused," said Rubio, a rising star in the Republican Party whose parents were born in Cuba.

CORRECTED: US senator slams Cuba trip by Beyonce, Jay-Z

April 14, 2013 13:30
US Senator Marco Rubio on Sunday railed against the recent trip to Cuba by pop diva Beyonce and hip-hop star Jay-Z, calling for stricter rules against travel to the communist-run island. "I won't rap it, but I'll say, first of all, I think Jay-Z needs to get informed," Rubio told ABC News's "This Week," saying he wished the performer had met with "people who are being oppressed." "The travel policies need to be tightened because they are being abused," said Rubio, a rising star in the Republican Party whose parents were born in Cuba.

US senator slams Cuba trip by Beyonce, Jay-Z

April 14, 2013 11:45
US Senator Marco Rubio on Sunday railed against the recent trip to Cuba by pop diva Beyonce and hip-hop star Jay-Z, calling for stricter rules against travel to the communist-run island. "I won't rap it, but I'll say, first of all, I think Jay-Z needs to get informed," Rubio told ABC News's "This Week," saying he wished the performer had met with "people who are being oppressed." "The travel policies need to be tightened because they are being abused," said Rubio, a rising star in the Republican Party who was born in Cuba.

Havana restores legendary 20th century bar, Sloppy Joe's

April 13, 2013 13:46
Havana, Apr 13 (EFE).- Sloppy Joe's, one of the legendary Havana bars of the 20th century for its bohemian clientele, its long bar and famous customers like Ernest Hemingway and Spencer Tracy, has reopened its doors after almost half a century in ruins thanks to a painstaking reconstruction aimed at giving the city back some important memories.

Havana legend Sloppy Joe's reopens

April 11, 2013 21:16
Mythic Cuban bar Sloppy Joe's, a watering hole for a who's who of Hollywood stars during Prohibition, reopens its doors Friday in Havana. The revived bar is in the center of old Havana, just steps away from Central Park and some of the city's grand hotels. "Tomorrow, Friday, we will open to the public and begin to work, even though the official inauguration will be a little later," a bar manager told AFP.

Father of Rep. Ros-Lehtinen dies

April 11, 2013 15:16
Miami, Apr 11 (EFE).- Cuban historian Enrique Ros died here this week of respiratory complications, his daughter, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, said Thursday. He was 89. Ros died Wednesday at South Miami Hospital, the South Florida lawmaker said in a statement. "My dad was and will always be the wind beneath my wings," she said. Numerous political figures, journalists, entertainers and friends offered condolences to the Ros family, including former Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, who said on Twitter: "I will miss Enrique Ros deeply."
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